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1. matheusmoreira · 1789992443 · focus · HN ↗

   It literally never fails.

   If you pay to avoid ads, you are merely letting them know that you have disposable income to spend on this sort of stuff. You're doing their job for them by segmenting yourself into the upper echelons of the market.

   At some point, some shareholder value maximizing CEO is going to show up and notice how much money he's leaving on the table by not advertising to all of those people full of disposable income.

   1. jollyllama · 1790001991 · focus · HN ↗

      You're not wrong. But the only solutions appear to be varying levels of being a free-rider, which means the thing you like probably gets deleted anyway when it's deemed unprofitable. The long-term solution is probably to only consume locally-made goods and content, public-domain content, or vintage goods.

      1. javcasas · 1790006439 · focus · HN ↗

         > which means the thing you like probably gets deleted anyway when it's deemed unprofitable

         And the difference from the current situation is?

         1. jollyllama · 1790006517 · focus · HN ↗

            Some longer amount of time, potentially. Point taken.

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